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Haemulidae (Grunts) > Plectorhinchinae						
							
							Etymology: Plectorhinchus: Greek, plektos = plaited + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Lambert Playfair (1828–1899) was an engineer, soldier, diplomat, linguist and author. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Pellegrin.						
					 
			
			
			
			
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range					
						Écologie					
				
				
				
					marin récifal;  profondeur 0 - 80 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Western Indian Ocean:  Red Sea and southern Oman to South Africa and Madagascar (Ref. 11441); including Saudi Arabia, Arabian Gulf (Ref. 95411).
				
				 
			
			
				
					Taille / Poids / Âge
				
				
				
					Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 90.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2799)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Description synthétique					
					Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie					
				
				
				
					Épines dorsales (Total) : 12; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 19 - 20; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 7. Black with white crossbars, fading to grey with 4 white bars; lips, skin around mouth and pectorals pink in color (Ref. 2799).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Found on coral reefs (Ref. 9710) as well as in littoral pools (Ref. 5213).  Solitary species (Ref. 2799).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves				
				
				
				
				Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Smith, M.M. and R.J. McKay, 1986. Haemulidae. p. 564-571. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2799)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Menace pour l'homme  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Utilisations par l'homme  				
				
				
					Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Réf. 
123201): 24.7 - 28.3, mean 26.9 °C (based on 180 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Réf. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
 
				
										
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00689 - 0.02895), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
 
									
					
					Niveau trophique  (Réf. 
69278):  3.4   ±0.44 se; based on food items.					
 
				
					
											
				
				
										
						Résilience  (Réf. 
120179):  Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
 
								
					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  High vulnerability (56 of 100). 
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